Question

Choose the most suitable passive voice conversion of the given sentence:
Give the order for one hundred calendars.

• A. Let the order for one hundred calendars be given.
• B. Order for one hundred calendars should be given.
• C. Both A and B
• D. None of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is A Let the order for one hundred calendars be given.

A sentence is in active voice when the subject is the doer of the action.
A sentence is in passive voice when the new subject (object in active voice) is the receiver of that action.
The object in the active voice now takes the place of the subject, and vice versa. (subject + verb + object, where the subject and object swap places)
The given sentence is an imperative sentence (order or command). Hence in such sentences, the subject is merely implied.
The general structure of an imperative sentence in passive voice is:
let + object + be + participle.
Option A: The sentence follows the same structure
let + object (the order for one hundred calendars) + be + past participle (given)
(The object in this sentence is a noun phrase.)
Hence option A is correct.
Option B: This sentence does not follow the general structure.
Moreover, 'should' in "should be given" refers to obligation, and not command. Hence B is incorrect.
C is incorrect because B does not contain the correct structure and D is incorrect because the answer lies in A.